Tool for removing vehicle wheels and nuts.



E. BOWEN.

TOOL FOR REMOVING VEHICLE WHEELS AND NUTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1911.

Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

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TOOL FOR REMOVING VEHICLE WHEELS AND NUTS.

APPLIOA'TIQN FILED MAY 23. 1911. 1,010,223 Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

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UNITED STATES EDWARD BOWEN, 10F GILLETTE WISCONSIN.

TOOL FOR ING VEHICLE 'WHEELS AND NUTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Aspplicatiomfiled May 23, 1911. Serial-No. 629,088.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, EDWARD Bovvnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Gillett, in the county of Oconto and State the wheel and itsspindle so that the wheel 1 may be readily slipped from the spindle upona part of the tool, whereby the oiling of the spindle may beaccomplished.

A further object of the'invention is to provide a pivoted socket memberadapted to engage and remove a nut from the end of the spindle and holdthe same during the time that the wheel is removed from the spindle.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in,

which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tool applied to an axle spindle;Fig. Q-isa transverse sectlonal view of the tool; Fig. 3 is an end viewof a member of the tool; Fig,

4 is a side view .of the tool with a shaft adapted to be applied to aspindle located at the left of the axle; Fig. 5 is aside elevation ofthe tool, parts in section, applied to an axle nut; Fig. 6 is a similarv1ew applied to a spindle; Fig. 7 is a plan view of the tool; Fig. 8 isa perspective view of the same.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indi cated in all the views of the accompanying drawingsby the same reference characters.

In case the tool is used upon the right hand spindles it is providedwith right hand threads adapted to engage the threads of the spindles,and in case it is intended that the tool should be used at the left handspindles the shaft of the tool is provided with left hand threads forengaging the said spindles. Withbut this exception the tools used at theopposite sides of the vehicle are of the same pattern and design.

The tool consists of a shaft 1 which is provided at one end with athreaded socket Qand at its other end with a handle 3. In that toolwhich is designed to be used upon the right hand spindles of the runninggear the thread in the socket 2 is a right hand thread and in the tooldesigned to be used upon the left hand spindles of the running gear "thethread in the socket 2 is a left hand thread. The tool which is designedto be used upon right hand spindles is provided with a straight handle3, while the tool designed to be used upon the left hand spindles isprovided with an L-shaped handle 3, as illustrated in the drawing. Thisis to enable an operator to quickly determine at which side of therunning gear a specific tool is designed to be used.

A sleeve 4 is slidably mounted upon the shaft .1 and is provided at itsouter end with a seriesof notches 5 which are adapted to partiallyreceive the handle 3 when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 1of the drawing, so that the said sleeve 4 cannot rotate upon theshaft 1. The sleeve 4 is pro- 'vided at its inner end with lugs 6 and anupstanding shoulder 7. The member 8 is provided with a flange 9 which ispivoted between the lugs 6, and a spring clip 10 is mounted upon themember 8 and at times is adapted to frictionally engage the shoulder 7,whereby the member 8 is held approximately at a right angle to thesleeve 4. At other times the member 8 may assume longitudinal alinementwith relation to the sleeve 4. The member 8 is provided at its inner-endwith a circular socket 11 which at times is adapted to receive the innerend portion of the shaft 1, whereby the member 8 is held in longitudinalalinement with the sleeve 4. A cross bar 12 passes transversely throughthe member 8 and may be used as a handle to assist in turning the saidmember when the same is used for removing a nut from the end of aspindle. At its inner end the member 8 is provided with a noncircularsocket 13 which is adapted to receive the nut, indicated at 14, which ismounted upon the spindle 15 in the usual manner.

In operation when it is desired to remove a nut and wheel from aspindle, the socket 13 of the member 8 is placed over the nut 14, thesaid member 8 having previously been positioned in alinement with thesleeve 4 andthe inner end of the shaft 1 received within the socket 11of the said member. By using the handles 3 and 12 the nut is thenunscrewed from the spindle, and when Patented Nov. 28, 1911.

it has become detached the member 8 is swung into an angular positionwith relation to the sleeve 4 and the clip 10 springs into frictionalengagement with the shoulder 7 of the said sleeve. Thus the parts 4: and8 are held at an angle with relation to each other, while the nut isstill retained in the socket 13 of the member 8. The sleeve 4: is thenslid back along the shaft 1 until its notches 5 engage the handle 8. Thesocket 2 is then screwed upon the end of the spinclle, whereby the shaft1 becomes fixed with relation to the spindle. Then by elevating the saidshaft the wheel and spindle are elevated slightly so that the wheelclearsthe ground and may be readily slipped over the inner end portionof the shaft 1. The wheel being thus removed from the spindle ample roomis provided for applying the axle grease or oil to the spindle. Afterthis has been done the operation above described is reversed, the wheelslipped back upon the spindle and the nut placed in position at the endof the spindle.

Therefore it will be seen that a simple and an effective tool isprovided which may be readily manipulated for removing nuts and wheelsfrom axle spindles and which in its operation does not require the useof a jack or other lifting devices.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A tool for removing nuts and wheels from spindles comprising a shafthaving at one end a threaded socket adapted to engage the threaded endof a spindle, a sleeve slidably and rotatably mounted upon the shaft,

and a member pivoted to the inner end of the sleeve and having at itsinner end a socket adapted to at times receive the inner end of theshaft, said member having at its other end a socket adapted to engagethe spindle nut.

2. A tool for removing the nuts and wheels from spindles comprising ashaft having at its inner end a threaded socket adapted to engage thethreaded end of the spindle, said shaft being provided at its outer endwith a transversely disposed handle, a sleeve slidably and rotatablymounted upon the shaft and having at its outer end notches adapted toreceive the handle of the shaft whereby the said sleeve is held againstrotation with relation to the shaft, a member pivoted to the inner endof the sleeve and having at its inner end a socket adapted to receivethe inner end of the shaft, said member having at its other end a socketadapted to engage the nut upon the spindle. 3. A tool for removing nutsand wheels fromspindles comprising a shaft having at its inner end athreaded socket adapted to engage the thread at the end of the spindle,a sleeve slidably and rotatably mounted upon the shaft and having at itsinner end a shoulder, a member pivoted to the sleeve and having at itsinner end a socket adapted to receive the inner end of the shaft, saidmember also carrying a clip adapted to have frictional engagement withthe said shoulder when the member is swung at an angle to the sleeve,said member having at its other end a socket adapted to engage the nutof the spindle.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD BOWEN. [1 s.] WVitnesses:

GEORGE CRAWFORD, J AMES SORENSEN.

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